Course Offerings
The Environmental Science program is constructed with a broad foundation in natural science including courses in biology, chemistry, geography, geology, environmental studies and math.
In second year, students take courses focusing on statistics, techniques, research methods and critical thinking.
In third and fourth years, students have to take a field course from Geography and Environmental Studies, as well as courses on physical geography, geographic techniques, functional biology, ecology and senior biology.
Courses
As an interdisciplinary program, most Environmental Science courses are from a variety of departments. A list of which courses to take can be found on the Program Requirements page. For course information, consult the academic calendar or see the following departments/programs:
The only dedicated Environmental Science courses are ENVX490 and ENVX495, and you cannot take both.
- 1.0 credit.
- Year-long, faculty-supervised, individual research project resulting in the presentation of a thesis.
- Prerequisites: BI296; GG258; one of (BI393, ES392, GG360); and registration status: Year 4 Honours Environmental Science.
- Exclusions: ENVX495.
- Irregular course.
- 0.5 credit.
- A one-term, individualized course of study with a faculty member in an advanced topic not covered by an existing course.
- Prerequisites: Registration status: Year 4 Honours Environmental Science and permission of the program committee and the instructor.
- Exclusions: ENVX490*.
- Irregular course.